TY - BOOK AU - Karen Ragoonaden PY - 2015 CY - New York, United States of America PB - Peter Lang Verlag SN - 2166-1359 SN - 9781453914359 TI - Contested Sites in Education T2 - The Quest for the Public Intellectual, Identity and Service DO - 10.3726/978-1-4539-1435-9 UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1051476 N2 - Emerging from the contested site of a new university campus, educators reflect upon the transformative process of reconceptualising and rebuilding a faculty of education in the twenty-first century. Contested Sites in Education seeks to improve an understanding of and conversations about the nature, meaning and significance of higher education’s public service within the scope of a democratic society. This volume offers educators and students a praxis-oriented, hope-infused, contemplative approach to conceiving, developing and in some cases, returning to public service and public identity in the twenty-first century. Contested Sites in Education will prepare future leaders who thoroughly understand, consciously apply and intentionally use democracy, selfknowledge, cultural knowledge, habits of mind, reflective learning communities and advocacy in their professional lives. KW - Public service, Democracy, Cultural knowledge, Learning communities, Higher education LA - English ER -